I don’t think the public is dying to see me necessarily be funny all the time.
BEN STILLERI think you never want to have to go into the scene having to improvise; you want to make sure its working on the page. But I do like to have the ability to try stuff just in the moment, to give it some sort of spontaneity.
More Ben Stiller Quotes
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You have to stay in character in between takes.
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As a kid I had dreams about being successful, thinking it would be cool. Then, when I was in my 20s, I really thought I had it much more figured out than I do now.
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The cliches are that it’s the most generic Starsky and Hutch plot you can find.
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I think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.
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I’d love to travel more. I really look forward to traveling with my kids. I’m just waiting for them to want to travel with me.
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I enjoy the work I do in comedies. It’s a valid test of your creative abilities.
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I love New York. I was sad, depressed and incredibly moved by our fellow countrymen and what they’ve done. I wanted to give people a chance to see something funny, have a distraction.
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I think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor.
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I was staying on [writer/director/actor] Eric Schaeffer’s couch in New York, and he said, “I’ve got this movie [If Lucy Fell]. Can you do five days on it?”
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I don’t devalue comedy as compared to drama. Not one bit.
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I’ve had a very good career and I’m grateful that the public has had some level of acceptance and appreciation of my work.
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People like to define you through what they’ve seen you do. There are aspects of my personality, I guess, that come through on-screen, but I don’t sit around thinking, ‘I’ve been a bumbling suitor all my life.’
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It’s great to work with the people who make you laugh and who are funnier than I am.
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There’s a sense here in L.A. that everybody’s aware of everybody all the time. It’s funny but we choose it. People who are here want to be here, including me.
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Nobody makes me bleed my own blood – nobody!
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